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He had done all the expected things. Brian King had gone to college, gotten himself a girlfriend and a good job as an accountant. But that little voice was still inside his head, telling him "do it, do it, do it." Become a priest. For some 20 years, he ignored it _ until that fateful August day in 1993. After three years as a budget manager for Sugar Cane Growers in Belle Glade, King opted out. Now 28, he is in his last year at St. Vincent de Paul Regional Seminary in Boynton Beach. "I had wanted to get married, have a career, have a family, be wealthy _ the American Dream," said King, of Wellington.

"Wehmeyer!" a frustrated TV news producer exclaimed one day. "How come every time we send you on a story, you come back with God?" Reporter Peggy Wehmeyer's response: "How could you not see it?" Even at that point 14 years ago in Dallas, Peggy Wehmeyer was staking out her specialty: finding the spiritual bedrock beneath the news. For the past year she has worked that vocation with ABC News - the first-ever full-time religion reporter for a major network. "For me, news is more than the five Ws and one H [who, what, when, where, why, how)

For Sandy Romeu, The Da Vinci Code is personal. She is a member of Opus Dei -- the Catholic organization portrayed in the book as a kind of churchly Mafia. She thinks the historical mystery attacks the foundations of her faith. Now the Parkland resident is debunking the book at Catholic parishes. "I read the book and saw so many things wrong," said Romeu, who spoke last week at St. Andrew in Coral Springs. "[Author] Dan Brown is saying Christianity is a fraud and what Christians believe is a fraud."

By Teresa Watanabe Los Angeles Times and JAMES D. DAVIS and SAM HODGES THE DALLAS MORNING NEWS, October 20, 2007

A connection with Israel Young American Jews form a bond through visits. According to a new study, ties between Israel and young American Jews are weakening. But that changed for New Mexico's Ben Rubin this summer, when he visited Israel as part of a multimillion-dollar program. During the 10-day visit, he saw the Holocaust Museum, the battlefields of Masada and the Golan Heights, the ancient Western Wall and modern nightclubs, the Negev Desert and the Dead Sea. Now, he reads The Jerusalem Post online every morning, and has applied for a job with a Jewish community organization.